Ceiling-plate.



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CEILING PLATE;

` .APELIOATION FILBD FBB.1.1905.

ATTORNEY..

coverlng or'concealing the hole in the ceiling,

. slip-col UNITED* sTATns PATENT OFFICE..

ARTHUR'B. MUNRo,l oFNEw YORK, N. Y.

QEILINGHPLATE.

' speeieation of Letters Patent. f

Patented March 20, 1906.

Application sied February' 1*, 1905./ serial No. 243.707.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD A. -MUNRO and ARTHUR B. MUNRO, citizens of the'United States, residing at Brooklyn borough, New York city, county. of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ceiling-Plates, of which the following is a specification. I

Our invention relates to improvements in ceiling-plates such as arel used on radiatorrisers or other pipes, and has for its object the production of a ceiling-plate which, while will conform to the contour of the surround- .p ing plaster through which it passes, theplates belng either of a pretetermined shape or made of flexible'metal, such as lead or any suitable metal or material which can be formed into shape-at the place where it is used.

The accompanying drawings, which form .part of this specification, show our invention. I

Figure 1 1s a slde 4vlew of our improved ceiling-plate in position on a riser/ .so called the plaster being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the collar and plate being partly broken away toshow detail. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modification, the collar and plate being split or divided to facilitate placing into. position, also partly broken away'. Fig. iis a side view of collar partly broken away.

Similar reference characters indicate simi- 'lar parts in the several view s.

1 is a steam or'hot-water pipe.v v 2 is the usual opening in the ceiling 3. Thel plate 4 is pivotally positionedv on the ar 5 by straps 6, which are riveted to the plate or otherwise secured. 7 represents lugs or trunnions on which the plate is pivoted.v We show these lugs as havving threaded ends, .though they may be cast integral with collar or driven into place. The

collar` is held in position on, the pipe by a pointed screw 8, which is screwed up tightly,

y so the collar will not slip or shift when the pipe expands or contracts.

The above description applies to Figs. l' and 2, wherein the collar and plate are placed on the ipe during erection. Figs. 3 and 4 show a ivided collar and plate, which canbe positioned after the pipe is erected and all the i lconnections are made.y The collar 9 is made in halves, an ear 10 projecting circumferentially at vthe end and lapping over the end 'of shown Fig. 3` can be cut or made suitable for its mate where `it is fastened by the lug or screw 7.- The plate 1'1 is also in halves, there being two or more ears l2 extending from the end, asshown, and la ping the joint. The two halves may be soldered or fastened together by a rivet 13 or in any preferred manner.

If the decorations, contour of coves, or other members in cornices of a large number of roomsare similar-say in a hotel or 'oflicebuilding-then we prefer to vmake the plates of cast or sheet metal of a predetermined shape to suit the cornice where they are to be used. If, however, the members of the cornice or cove are of such a number as to make a fanciful pattern, where few plates are to be used or where the opening in the ceilin is accidentally llarge we prefer to use a p ate of yielding or iiexible metal or material which can easily be formed by manipulating into the delsired outline and made to match Hat the JO l l e I The operation, which has partly.been deing-plate is used in erecting, the collar and y plate are slipped over the riser in the usual way and pushed up intoposition, the swiveling 'plate being easily turned or pivoted to suit. The hole in the plate around the collar can be iiled out,'if required, or the plate the position` into which it'is put. If the plate and collar are to be positioned after the work is erected,

then the split collarv is placed on the pipe, .the

two halves of the ceiling-plate are placed on collar, and the complete devicev is pushed up lin to its place, lthe shaping being done in the same vmanner aswhen a solid plate is used. l Y

In either case the lugs or trunnions being placed at diametrically opposite sides of the collar the platecan be pivoted so that the angle relative to the riser can lbe changed at will. Such being a full description of our inven-l tion, what we claim as new is- -1. In a ceiling-plate, the combination ofa collar adapted to be secured about a pipe and a flexible plate pivotally attached to said collar, the pivots being so located that the angle between the plate and the collar may be varied by the movement of either with respect l to the other about said pivots.

` 2. In a ceiling-plate provided with an open- -ing adapted to receive a pipe, the combinal tion of a divided collar adapted to be secured about 'said pipe, and a divided plate pivotally IOG IIO

two subscribing witnesses, this 27th day of January, 1905.

EDWARD A. MUNRO. ARTHUR B. MUNRO. Witnesses:

R. W. ROBINSON, EDGAR M. GREENBAUM. 

